diff --git a/auth.go b/auth.go
index a6e2fa94..9730ad21 100644
--- a/auth.go
+++ b/auth.go
@@ -104,17 +104,20 @@ func NewAuthConfigurationsFromFile(path string) (*AuthConfigurations, error) {
 }
 
 func cfgPaths(dockerConfigEnv string, homeEnv string) []string {
-	var paths []string
 	if dockerConfigEnv != "" {
-		paths = append(paths, path.Join(dockerConfigEnv, "plaintext-passwords.json"))
-		paths = append(paths, path.Join(dockerConfigEnv, "config.json"))
+		return []string{
+			path.Join(dockerConfigEnv, "plaintext-passwords.json"),
+			path.Join(dockerConfigEnv, "config.json"),
+		}
 	}
 	if homeEnv != "" {
-		paths = append(paths, path.Join(homeEnv, ".docker", "plaintext-passwords.json"))
-		paths = append(paths, path.Join(homeEnv, ".docker", "config.json"))
-		paths = append(paths, path.Join(homeEnv, ".dockercfg"))
+		return []string{
+			path.Join(homeEnv, ".docker", "plaintext-passwords.json"),
+			path.Join(homeEnv, ".docker", "config.json"),
+			path.Join(homeEnv, ".dockercfg"),
+		}
 	}
-	return paths
+	return nil
 }
 
 // NewAuthConfigurationsFromDockerCfg returns AuthConfigurations from
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ func NewAuthConfigurationsFromDockerCfg() (*AuthConfigurations, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("no docker configuration found")
 	}
 
+	var result *AuthConfigurations
 	var auths *AuthConfigurations
 	var err error
 	for _, path := range pathsToTry {
@@ -136,14 +140,17 @@ func NewAuthConfigurationsFromDockerCfg() (*AuthConfigurations, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if !auths.isEmpty() {
-			return auths, nil
-		}
-		if err == nil {
-			return auths, nil
+		if result == nil {
+			result = auths
+		} else {
+			result.merge(*auths)
 		}
 	}
-	return auths, err
+
+	if result != nil {
+		return result, nil
+	}
+	return result, err
 }
 
 // NewAuthConfigurations returns AuthConfigurations from a JSON encoded string in the
diff --git a/auth_test.go b/auth_test.go
index bd1c4144..7176df0a 100644
--- a/auth_test.go
+++ b/auth_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestAuthConfigurationSearchPath(t *testing.T) {
 		{"", "", []string{}},
 		{"", "home", []string{path.Join("home", ".docker", "plaintext-passwords.json"), path.Join("home", ".docker", "config.json"), path.Join("home", ".dockercfg")}},
 		{"docker_config", "", []string{path.Join("docker_config", "plaintext-passwords.json"), path.Join("docker_config", "config.json")}},
-		{"a", "b", []string{path.Join("a", "plaintext-passwords.json"), path.Join("a", "config.json"), path.Join("b", ".docker", "plaintext-passwords.json"), path.Join("b", ".docker", "config.json"), path.Join("b", ".dockercfg")}},
+		{"a", "b", []string{path.Join("a", "plaintext-passwords.json"), path.Join("a", "config.json")}},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range testData {
 		tt := tt